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BNSF Railway Co. has attained the highest score among six railroads in FORTUNE magazine's annual ranking of the nation's most admired companies. BNSF achieved a score of 8.34 on a 10-point scale.

The Class I earned high marks in eight categories: innovation, people management, use of corporate assets, social responsibility, quality of management, financial soundness, long-term investment and products/services quality.

BNSF also ranked in the top 10 of all 1,000 rated companies for innovation, use of corporate assets, quality of management, financial soundness and long-term investment.

Union Pacific Railroad ranked second among railroads on the most-admired list, followed by CSX Corp., Norfolk Southern Corp., Kansas City Southern and Amtrak.